Maryland ELA RF.K.4.c

ELAKindergartenReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

RF.K.4: Read grade-appropriate texts with sufficient accuracy to support comprehension. Engage in a variety of experiences with texts in order to develop an understanding of fluent reading. Demonstrate accuracy and automaticity with naming letters and producing their corresponding sounds. Read grade-appropriate text with developing fluency in order to support comprehension.

Read grade-appropriate text with developing fluency in order to support comprehension.

Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students read short texts aloud, using letter sounds and familiar words to work through each sentence. They reread when a sentence sounds choppy and tell what happened.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student reads a short text with most words right and groups a few words together. They can answer a simple question about it without guessing from the picture.
Common Misconceptions: Some students race through the words but cannot say what they read. Others guess from the picture or sound out each word without rereading the whole sentence.
How to Assess It: Give each child this card: “Sam has a red hat. Sam ran to Dad.” Ask them to read it aloud, then ask, “What does Sam have?”

Lesson moves

Give pairs three sentence strips from a short decodable story; have them put the strips in order and read the story aloud.
After reading a two-sentence story twice, ask, “What happened first, and which words helped you know?”
Play echo reading: read a short sentence in phrases, have students repeat it, then ask them what happened.
Post “Get a cup” by the water station; ask students to read the sign aloud and do what it says.

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